Ticket-pbintiwo- machine



I. W. HUBBARD.

TICKET PRINTING MACHiNE.

APPLICATION HLED N0v.21. l9l8.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

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TICKET PRINTING MACHINE;

APPLICATION men NOV. 2!, 1913.

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TICKET PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLECAHON FILED NOV. 21. 1918.

1,324,673. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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J. W. HUBBARD.

TICKET PRiNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2T, 19H].

Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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Z-Jnwntoz dWHubbard J. W. HUBBARD.

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICAHON FILED NOV. 21, 1915.

1,324,673. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrlon JAMES WIHUBBARD, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

TICKET-PRINTING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, James \V. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Printing Machineg of which the following is a specificationl This invention relates to im rovements 1n ticket-printing machines and, m the present instanee, has particular application to a machinefon-printing railway tickets, although, it will be understood, that the machine may be used in any place where tickets are sold such for instance as motion picture theaters, opera houses, auditoriums, restaurapts, etc.

In carrying out the present-invention it IS my purpose to provide a ticket printing ma;

Y chine whereby, in a single. operation,

the usual or general information may be printed or impressed upon the ticket, the date of sale, destinatiomand rate also printed thereon, and which will provide a record, in the form of each and, every ticket sold, thereby enabling the auditor or'other inspector to .check up the accounts properly.

As is well known, each ticket oflice of a railroad at the present time carries printed ping points on the road, some of the smaller railway ticket offices carrying tickets only for a few destinations or stopping points, while the larger oliices carry tickets for a great many stopping points. These tickets have to be carried in racks and are purchased by the railway companies in large signedtickets, while the other setof printin Quantities and an experienced seller who is alniliar with the rate destination or stopping points and the arrangement of t tickets in the racks is usually employedin each station. The urchase of these printed tickets and the racks together with the employment of an experienced ticket seller entails a considerable expense. Therefore, it is also my )lllPOSG to provide a. ticket printing machine wheipby these and other objections will he elimmatcd and whereby complete tickets hearing the usual information. the date of sale, destination and the rate of each ticket may be printed in one operation.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a machine of the class described which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, efficiency, durability and ease of operation, and wherein the component parts Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November, 1918.

tickets to the various destinations or stop- Serial No.1'264;372.

n the uccompanyin drawn gs: 66 Figuie 1 is a. top the view ofa ticket printing machine constructed in accordance.

with my presentv inrention.

Fi 2 is a side elevation-of the-same. Fig. 3 iso vertical sectionalview on thec-fm lines 3- 3 of Fig. 1.

-cit Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view pnthe I i line 5-5 of Fig. 4:

Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan 5 view showing the arrangement of one set of.

printing dies.

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are views of diflerent details of the machine. l w

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.1

Fig. '4 is a similar view on the lines parts set forth in and fill-; scopeof the appended claiins.

1 Referringnow to the drawings in deli-ail,

-1 designates a casing which, in the present instance is of substamtially box-like form and en walls. The to: each side wall opengig2 through which the type may-be expo at the printing point;v l, Ari-a within the case '1' at thereof is formed with an sides thereof are duplicate printing apparatus. One set of printing apparatus is dofor the purpose of printing the 'l 'p ratus IS adap for the ing duplicates of the tie recording tape or strip which tape or strip is at all times held within the machine until removed therefrom by a properly authorized person for the purpose of chcckin u up the number of tickets sold by the macfi' Each printing apparatus is practically idenlion] in construction to the other printing apparatus and each embodies a die carrier 3 which. in the present form of my invention.

ets sold upon a urpose o print-;

ies top, bottom, side-"and end wall of the case 1 adjacentis in the form of disk or drum mounted upon 10 a shaft 4 that extends across the case 1 below the openings 2 and in line with such openings and has its ends jmn-nalcdin suit.- a dc hearings carricd'by the confronting faces of the side walls of the case 1. die carriers 3 are arranged immediately be.- low the respective printing openings 2 and The the peripheries of the die carriers extend into the printing openings 2. Suitably fastened upon the periphery of each die carrier and extending across the same are printing dies 4 space apart equal distances aroun the periphery of the carrier. The dies 4' are termed destination and rates dies for the reason that the type on each die is adapted to print the name of a particular stopping p point or destination and also the rate to such sto ping point or destination.

irranged upon one side of each die car tier 3 is a dati device 5, which, in the ent instance, is 1n the form of a plurality of 5 disksll arranged side b side and rotntahly m un ew a hett up rt d In able hearings .de ding froni thetopn'all of the case 1. e periphei es of the di k of eaeh'dat' .devioe'areprorided dies indicat i w eof the names otthe inthe year end with numeral heat ng type dies respectively. p

.Q'P i i i L P h one when -n 5 numeral dies indicatije of the' date,

month, and the number of year in h ent n me ew enefi inta rr afinsarss in one of theseninn "machines IS rranged npon gthe side 0 whet-riot n m meshing is at a y re o rr e wn 't a mitid fif p a on q ipped it i d i g Pll fl 1 9 wh ch i5 is oohnectedf with" t e gutbuiatfiiniabhgnnsm of the" numbering machine for ehunguigthe dial so thatthe be brought printin "tion m-pre Extending across? 2 1n the m tofiwagll; 0f the 1 isia' print ingdi'e that conveys 7 t1 such, as for instance asthennine o i er s he e 2 i tion from which the ticket isbou'ghflietc This stationery printing die is an elo aterI transverse slot 11 through 'u'hich t e p icular destination andvrete printing die on thecerrler 3 1s exposed',together with the number nfiih es of the numbering machine and the ftmg die o the dating device, as clearly shon n in, Fig. 6 of the dinning. Y For the purpose designated the recordm chine by the letter A an the ticket gi' ntmg side of the machine by the j. The end of the shaft 4' at the one side'of .chine pro'ects I case 1 an fast upon this the shaft is a. drum 11'. ery of the drum 11' tions or destinations borne by the type dies on the carriers 3 and these names are spac apart around the periphery of the drum 11' it to correspond the mi,

pon the periph- 1n position with the rethe machine hfross'the upper surfaces 0 the , "with 16 and Integral with thecross piece at the through the side? will ofthe rejecting end of,

are the namesofthe stathe ticker seller to manipulate the carriers 3 from the exterior of the machine so that the proper destination and rates may he )rinted upon the tickets. It is conceiva le, of course, that other operating means for the shaft carryingv the type carriers 3 may be pres ded;

Suitable inking mechanism is provided forthe various type dies. In the present instan'oethis inking mechanismembodies inkmg ribbons 12 extending longitudinal] v of the ype dies 10. One end tetito a drum 13 rota- W lit ble sup (art within tie'i naelniieihd a "thejiinnt wall the eo ,'ancl the other end each ribbon 1s 1 1 rbtaj bl'y mounted the ooi'responding 9o hecase 1 adja v f and projecting ebe'xr n 0s i 1 sends upon \e airing post 15 is it lever 16 having the rear end curved dou gyardlfhehind the rear wall of git fl nnd the forward' end projecting forwhlfily iind downwardly and terfmilifltihg at a point between the openings '2 in this top wall of the case. Fa stoned to the. forward endof the leyer" 16 is a ross piece '18 the't ,projeots laterally from v the lover. The ends of the-cross piece .18 overlie the respective stationary dies 10. In the-present the cross 'pliece 186s shown as formed e fomiu'd end of the lever center thereof and "projecting upwardly therefrom is a head 19. Secured to the formed with lower side of the cross piece 18 adjacent to the ends tgereof and overlying the stationdies 1 respectively are platens 20. In this instance a spring 21 is interposed he tween the forward end of the lever 16 and the top wall of the case 1 and this spring! ads to hold the platen end of the lever normally in an upward position so that the platenswillflbe spaced apart from the respective stationery dies'IO.

-.R otatably mounted in the recorder side of the case" 1 and arranged in advance of and behind the stationary die 10 are rollers or drums 21'. In the present case the rear drum 21' carries a roll of paper 22 and the 'outerend of this hill is carried across the printing die beneath the corresponding platen and secured to the forward druin 21'. the. paper nveriving the inking ribbon 12 so that when the platen is depressed under the action of the head l1, incident tothe latter being struck, the imprint of the type dies will be transferred through the ribbon to the pa per, thereby recordin upon the paper the printed matter n 3011 t e stationary type die 10, the destination and rate, and date of sale of the ticket and also th number of the ticket.

Rotatably mounted in the rear of the case 1 at the ticket side of the machine is a. roll of paper 23. The outer end of this roll of paper 23 is carried toward the forward end of the machine over the corresponding inking ribbon 12 between the type dies and the platen so that when the platen is struck down against the action of the spring 21 the ticket will be printed, incident to the impressions from the stationary die 10. the particular destination and rate die, the dating device and the numbering machine being transferred through the inkin ribbon to the ticket.

l rom the construction just described 'it will be seen that each time a ticketis printed an exact duplicate of the ticket is made on the recordstrip of paper and as the record strip is confined within the case 1 of the machine. tampering with such strip is prevented.

A knife 24 is suitably secured to the cross piece 18 behind the platen at the ticket side of the machine so that in the downward movement of the platen to print the ticket the latter will be severed from the strip thereby enabling theticket seller to withdraw the ticket from beneath the platen to hand the same to the purchaser. I

Th roll of paper at the recording side of the machine and the roll of paper at the ticket side of the machine are provided with suitable feeding devices whereby each strip maybe advanced the length of one ticket exceeding the printing of the preceding ticket.

In the present instance each feeding device is arranged at the rear of the case 1 within the latter and embodies horizontal jaws 25 and 26 arranged above and below th corresponding paper strip respectively and connected to the upper ends of vertical links 27 and 28. The lower ends of the links are pivotally connected as at 29 with a cam 30 at the opposite sides of the center of such cam. This cam is pivoted for rocking movement upon a lever 31 adjacent to the upper extremity of the latter. The lower cud of the lever 31 is pivoted as at 32 upon a suitable support within thecase 1. The cam 30 immediately below the pivotal connection with the lever 31 is provided with :1 depending car 33 and pivotally connected with the car 33 is one end of an operating lever when the lever 34 is pushed inwardly the cam 30 rocks about its pivotal connection with the lever 31 and in this rocking movementof the cam the link 27 moves upwardly whil the link 28 is moved downwardly and in the downward movement. of the liuk28 the jaw 25 "rips the upper surface of the paper whi c in the upward movement of the link 27 the jaw 26 grips the lower surface of the paper or strip.

T iis gripping action of the jaws on the paper or tape occurs in the initial movement of the operating lever 34 while in the continued movement of such lever the lever 31 swings about its fulcrum 32 with the effect to move the jaws forwardly the distance of one ticket so that a fresh section of the paper will be. brought under the platen.

The plungers 9 of the respective numbering machines 8 respectively are provided with suitabl operating devices and in the present instance each operating device comprises a block 35 slidably mounted upon a guide 36 suitably supported within the case 1. The upper surface of the block adjacent to its forward edge is strai ht as at 37 and inclined downwardly cm the straight edge toward its rear end as at 38. The rear end of the block 35 is connected with one extremity ofan operating'rod 39 and the other end of the operating rod 39 projects toward the rear wall of the case 1 and terminates alongsideof the rearwardly projectinw'end of the lever 34.

Suitable paper or tape holding means is also provided in order to hold the strips of paper stationary during the printing 0peration. The paper holding means here shown for each tape comprises a presser foot. 40 grooved to receive the knife 24 and secured to the upper end of a vertical rod 41 slidably mounted within the case 1 and provided at its lower end with a Eroller 42. F ulcrumed upon a suitable support secured to the bottom wall of the case 1 is the lower end of a lever 43. Pivotally connected with the upper extremity of the lever 43 is the lower end of a lever 44 which projects upwardly and rearwardly from the lever 43 and has its upper end plvotally connectcd with one end of a horizontal operating rod 45 the other end of which projects toward the rear wall of the case and is in alincmcnt with the outer ends of the lever 34 and rod 39. Integral with the lower end of the lever 4-1 and projecting forwardly therefrom is a segment 46 disposed beneath the roller 42 on the lower end of the rod 41. Integral with the lower edge of the segment 46 at the junction of the latter with the lever 44 are stops 4? dis posed at the opposite edges respectively of the lever 43 and designed to limit the move ment of the lever 44 independently of the lever 43.

The lever 34. the rod 39 and the rod 45 at the recording and printing sides of the machine are operated by the lever 16 and in order to effect a connection between the levcr 16 and said lever 34, rod 39 and rod 45, I have in the present instance, provided a horizontally disposed rod 48 that extends across the rear end of the case 1 and through the lower end of the curved portion '17 of the lever 16. The ends of the rod 48 terminatc adjacent to the respective side walls of tin case 1 and each end of the rod 48 is connected with the adjacent lever 34, rod 89, and rod 45, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

1e operation of my improved ticket pri'nt-in'g machine, the lever 16 in its downward movement to print the ticket and make an impression upon the recordin strip, exerts a pull upon the levers 34 t, crebv disengaging the jaws and 26 from the respective' strips of paper. Similarly, a pull is ererted u n the rods 39 and this pull u n the ro s 39 actuates'the blocks to e ovate the plunger 9 of the numberin machines, the inclined portion of each ilock moving the lun r upwardly to the straight portion of t e b ock. A pull is also exertedupon the levers or rod 45 in the printin movement of the lever 16 and as each ro 45 is pulled thelever 44 connected therewith is swung about its pivotal connection with the upper end of the lever 43 with the ellect to elevate the segments 46 and so engage the latter with the roller 42 in order to push the rod 41 u wardly to engage the presser foot with 81c underside of the particular tape thereby securely holding the tape in printin position during the printing operation.

llhen the platens. are relieved of the print-, ing pressure the spring 29 reacts and returns the lever 16 to normal position. In this movement of the lever 16 motion is transmitted to the jaws 25 and 26, as hereinbefore described, so that the respective paper strips will be advanced a distance equal to the length of one ticket thereby'depositing new prmting surfaces beneath the respective platens 20. In this movement of the lovers 16 the rod 39 is pushed into the case thereby sliding the block 35 over the guide 36 and in this movement of each block 35 the inclined edge 38 on thetop surface of such block rides beneath the plunger 9 of each counting device or numbering machine 8 so that the plunger of the numberin ma chine may move downwardly and orange the number dial. thereby setting the number dial so that the next ticket will be properl numbered.

bimultaneousl with this operation of the lever 34 and re 39, a ush is exerted u ;on the rods to swing t e levers 44 so tiat the lower ends of the rods 41 carr ing the presser feet 40 will be relieved o the influence of the segments 46 thereby enabling the paper strips to be released by the presser feet so that such strips may e advanced under the action of the jaws 25 and 26.

From the foregoing description taken in ('EODIIQCUOH' with the accompanying drawmgs, the construction and mode of operation of my improved ticket printing machine will be readily a arent to those skilled in the art. It wll be seen that I have provided a ticket rintin machine whereby inexperienced ticket se lers may dis ensetickets to the traveling public easily an conveniently whereby a complete record is kept and maintained of all tickets sold together with the destination of the respective tickets and the rate thereof.

\Vhile I have herein shown and described one particular form of the ticket printin machinefor carrying out my invention, wish it to be understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the particular construction herein described and delineated, as modifications and variations may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. in a ticket printing machine, du licate printing dies, platens coacting witi said dies respectively, a cross piece carrying said platens, an operating lever connected with said cross piece, means for feedin a ticket strip between one of said dies and latens, means for feeding a. record strip tween the other die and platen and means for actuating the feeding means by the lever.

2. In a ticket printing-machine, a case having a pair of openings therein, a station ary die plate engaging each opening and having slots therein, duplicate printin dies in said case, means for bringing sai dies into register with said slots, means for feedmg a record strip from the case across one plate and back into the case, means for feedmg a ticket strip from the case across the ot e for forcing the strips into engagement with the lates, a knife on said cross head for cutting the tickets from the ticket strip, an operating lever for the cross head, means actuated thereby for operating the strip feeding means, means for numbering and dating the record and ticket strips when the same are being printed on the'die plates means for actuating said last mentioned means by the operatin lever and a presser foot also actuated by t 10. operating lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES W. HUBBARD.

r die plate, a cross head, platens thereon. 

